ABOUT THE BOOK
One-Minute Monologues For Teens: 100 Original Monologues
Written by Mike Kimmel
Publisher’s Synopsis: Need a killer monologue for an audition? Discover a wealth of fresh options in this detailed tome.
Sick of the same scripts being done to death? Looking for a soliloquy relevant to teenagers? Seeking material with a positive spin? Full voting member of the National Television Academy and Tonight Show sketch performer Mike Kimmel has been writing, acting, and producing for decades. Now he’s here to share a curated collection of one hundred of the best comedy and drama monologues.
One-Minute Monologues for Teens is the ultimate volume of family-friendly stage material to help you nail that college drama program audition or class assignment. With a range of topics applicable to young actors, these pieces require no costumes or props, and discuss ethical questions perfect for middle- and high-school minds to explore. And with literally dozens of gender-neutral and unique scenes to choose from, you’ll find the right piece to take you from zero to callback in no time at all.
One-Minute Monologues for Teens is the dramatic arts advantage you need in your next live performance. If you like fresh material, optimistic spins, and challenging ideas, you’ll love Mike Kimmel’s definitive resource.
Ages 13+ | Publisher: Ben Rose Creative Arts | ISBN-13: 978-0998151380
MY REVIEW
Kimmel, Mike. One-Minute Monologues for Teens: 100 original monologues. Los Angeles: Ben Rose Creative Arts, 2020.
Many teens are involved in their school’s drama productions. They often have to prepare a monologue as part of the audition process. As a school librarian, I was often asked, “What should I do?” I wish I had had this book in the library then. Mike Kimmel has written 100 monologues and truly captured the teen voice with them. The topics of the monologues are wide-ranging from funny to serious about many situations teens will be faced with. I found some of the monologues spoke to me as well, and I’m far removed from my teen years.
In her forward, Paris Smith gives useful advice for teens who are serious about “breaking into Hollywood.” She goes into some detail about how she prepares for an audition.
I think that One-Minute Monologues will be a good resource for any teen who is serious about acting, whether it be a local production or television or the big screen.
I only found one of the 100 monologues to be something not appropriate for the Christian school audience. Librarians may want to read all of the monologues before placing the book on the shelves in their library. In any case One-Minute Monologues for Teens would be a great resource for the drama coach when students are looking for monologue ideas. The only thing that would make it better is if it came with permission to copy monologues for individuals to use (and then toss after their audition).
This review was prepared in partnership with The Children’s Book Review and Mike Kimmel. This is my honest review.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mike Kimmel is a film, television, stage, and commercial actor and acting coach. He is a twenty-plus year member of SAG-AFTRA with extensive experience in both the New York and Los Angeles markets. He has worked with directors Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Townsend, Craig Shapiro, and Christopher Cain among many others. TV credits include Game of Silence, Zoo, Treme, In Plain Sight, Cold Case, Breakout Kings, Memphis Beat, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He was a regular sketch comedy player on The Tonight Show, performing live on stage and in pre-taped segments with Jay Leno for eleven years. Mike has appeared in dozens of theatrical plays on both coasts, including Radio City Music Hall, Equity Library Theater, Stella Adler Theater, and Theater at the Improv. He trained with Michael Shurtleff, William Hickey, Ralph Marrero, Gloria Maddox, Harold Sylvester, Wendy Davis, Amy Hunter, Bob Collier, and Stuart Robinson. He has a B.A. from Brandeis University and an M.A. from California State University.
As an educator, Kimmel has taught at Upper Iowa University, the University of New Orleans, University of Phoenix, and in the Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, and Burbank, California public school districts. He is a two-time past president of New Orleans Toastmasters, the public speaking organization, and often serves as a speech contest judge. Mike has written and collaborated on numerous scripts for stage and screen. His full-length historical drama on Presidents Lincoln and Garfield was a 2013 semi-finalist in the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. He is the 2014 recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award from Upper Iowa University. Mike is a full voting member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (the Emmys).
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Amazon: https://amzn.to/322JAh1
Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/2078/9780998151380
GIVEAWAY
Enter for a chance to win a copy of One-Minute Monologues For Teens, autographed by Mike Kimmel, and three months of online acting classes!
One (1) grand prize winner receives:
- A copy of One-Minute Monologues for Teens, autographed by Mike Kimmel
- A copy of Monologues for Kids and Tweens, autographed by Mike Kimmel
- A copy of Monologues for Kids and Teens, autographed by Mike Kimmel
- Three (3) months of online group acting classes* from Mike Kimmel for a recipient age 12 and up
- Be written into an upcoming monologue in a book by Mike Kimmel
Five (5) winners receive:
- A copy of One-Minute Monologues for Teens, autographed by Mike Kimmel
The giveaway begins November 4, 2020, at 12:01 A.M. MT and ends December 4, 2020, at 11:59 P.M. MT.
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